(ABP) — If American troops kill Osama bin Laden, it should be “in the name of justice,” not “in the name of the Lord” as televangelist Jerry Falwell suggests, according to one Southern Baptist ethicist. Falwell, perhaps the best-known Southern…
Conservative-backed proposal would nix N.C. funding for moderate causes
DURHAM, N.C. (ABP) — A conservative leader will propose scrapping the optional funding plans that are part of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina's budget, which would eliminate funding of causes popular among moderate Baptists in the state. Ted…
Federal judge strikes down Montana ‘faith-based’ program
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A federal judge has struck down state funding of a “parish nurse” program in Montana, saying the program violated the Constitution. Judge Richard Anderson of the United States District Court for Montana ruled Oct. 26 that the…
BJC elevates Jeff Huett to communications post
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty has named 26-year-old Jeff Huett as its new director of communications. Since May, Huett has been serving as acting communications director for the Washington-based agency, which advocates for religious freedom…
New Mexico Baptists salute exec, adopt far-reaching resolutions
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (ABP) — Messengers to the 92nd annual meeting of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico adopted a record budget, gave their retiring executive emeritus status, and adopted two resolutions addressing public affairs when they met in Alamogordo Oct….
Texas Baptists OK restructuring, elect first Hispanic president
SAN ANTONIO (ABP) — Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas gave initial approval to the convention's most significant reorganization in almost five decades and elected its first non-Anglo president. At the BGCT's annual meeting in San Antonio Nov….
New CBF missions program links missionaries with local churches
SAN ANTONIO (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is launching a new category of mission service that will allow churches directly to fund specific missionaries who work through the Fellowship. The program — called AsYouGo — allows missionaries to affiliate…
Student conference to explore God’s calling through dialogue
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) – “An antiphonal choir sings two parts in a musical conversation,” according to David Burroughs. And that is the idea behind a new conference designed to give young adults a forum to explore and discuss the call…
Rehnquist illness, election turn focus on future direction of Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The future of the Supreme Court on issues important to religious voters is almost certainly at stake in the Nov. 2 presidential and Senate elections. But an expert on the court says the disaster scenarios that both…